Now re-reading (actually listening to) Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen’s wonderful book, Human Universe. Beautifully & intelligently written (& the same goes for Samuel West’s reading). A book that fills one with admiration for science as perhaps humanity’s most sublime achievement.
Excellent account, by Ex-Muslims of America, of the whole story behind attempts to murder Salman Rushdie
Jerry Coyne loves Robyn’s brilliant article. I’d just add this. Opposition to the intolerant, quasi-religious excesses of the Orwellian Left should be led by the decent, liberal, humane, Humanist Left. Don’t leave it to the ugly Right to gleefully exploit.
Superb long article by Jonathan Haidt. Please please set aside enough time to read it and reflect upon it.
Excellent article by Thomas Friedman, offering faint stirrings of constructive hope in a dark time.
The Cheating Cell by @AthenaAktipis. Darwinian approach to evolution of cancer and cancer-resistance. Brilliant book, up there with Nesse & Williams. Tussle between opposing selection pressures means cancer is an inevitable byproduct of selection for individual advantage.
